A domestic scene

Details

School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
A domestic scene
with illegible inscription (verso)
pen and brown ink, fragmentary watermark
6 x 7 7/8 in. (15.2 x 19.8 cm)

Provenance

Marsden J. Perry (b. 1850), Providence (MA) (L. 1880, verso).
August Artaria (1807-17893), Vienna (L. 33, verso).
Julius Rosenberg (1845-1900), Copenhagen (L. 1519, verso).

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Lot Essay

Following the example provided by Rembrandt in his Holy Family known as The carpenter's household at the Louvre, one of his pupils transfigured the Nativity into the intimate and humble interior of a family of peasants.

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